From 753f5668bea0f1d7b0c17be3156d581851ebaa83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Elkins Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:53:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [OT] mutt configuration & philosophy (was Re: notmuch-mutt: Use of uninitialized value.) --- a1/e8b7a77c5a36609069cafb2b71845d79977ea8 | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+) create mode 100644 a1/e8b7a77c5a36609069cafb2b71845d79977ea8 diff --git a/a1/e8b7a77c5a36609069cafb2b71845d79977ea8 b/a1/e8b7a77c5a36609069cafb2b71845d79977ea8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..46d87c819 --- /dev/null +++ b/a1/e8b7a77c5a36609069cafb2b71845d79977ea8 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 403E5431FB6 + for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:53:41 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id HelBkAfm5r8B for ; + Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:53:40 -0800 (PST) +Received: from zzyzx.sigpipe.org (zzyzx.sigpipe.org [147.28.0.13]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C2676431FAF + for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:53:40 -0800 (PST) +Received: by zzyzx.sigpipe.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) + id 98B2F1401F6; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:53:38 +0000 (UTC) +Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:53:38 +0000 +From: Michael Elkins +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: [OT] mutt configuration & philosophy (was Re: notmuch-mutt: Use of + uninitialized value.) +Message-ID: <20130214195338.GA21433@sigpipe.org> +References: <20130212005801.GA8419@soarin> <20130213223535.GA3258@zaogao.lan> + <20130213233657.GA4489@soarin> <20130214083713.GA4123@upsilon.cc> + <20130214141322.GA26490@soarin> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed +Content-Disposition: inline +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit +In-Reply-To: <20130214141322.GA26490@soarin> +User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21+144 (b86b154f3988) (2012-12-30) +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:53:41 -0000 + +On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 03:13:22PM +0100, Profpatsch wrote: +>Plus it still takes about 10 steps to configure a new account with +>offlineimap, mutt and msmtp, there is nothing to automate this and +>every config is different. Whoa. + +Mutt was designed with the UNIX philosophy in mind. When users +don't like the way something is implemented in Mutt, you can use +an external tool to do the job instead. We consider this to be a +feature, not a deficiency. + +>For example: +>Why does one have to spend two–four hours enabling pgp with the basic, +>pre-configured commands? +>Why is there no command that enables pgp with default sane gnupg values +>that I assume 99.9% of mutt users use? + +set crypt_use_gpgme + +>Why is the standard mailbox named “spooldir” and an easy explanation of +>that is nowhere to be found in the official docs? + +We assume users are familiar with basic UNIX concepts like the +mail spool. + +>And the list goes on. + +Documentation patches are highly welcome. -- 2.26.2